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Well, it sounds like they're doing the right things. The members apologized, the community is organizing a meeting to discuss the issues.
I didn't think it was racist, perhaps at the most, in poor taste. Even the skeleton noose in the context (pirates) shouldn't have been a problem, but the party wasn't about pirates, it was a more..."urban" theme.
While we may not think it's racist, apparently some people do. I think it isn't a bad thing to honor that and at the very least have some sort of dialogue. The wounds of racism are deep in this country, it will take some time to heal. And that's ok.
On the other hand, it's easy to see how the BSU was offended, especially on a college campus environment. The few blacks on our campus were always going nuts and protesting something or other. They even went as far as accusing the university of being racist because there are so few blacks on campus. Same with the Latino students.
I say, let them be and they will figure it out on their own eventually, let them say their peace.
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